Final Heritage Lecture Series presentation to cover historical Chautauquans by Jamie Clarkson on August 28, 2020 share Krulish and Schmitz “It’s kind of a right-in-your-own-backyard sort of story.” Or at least, it is in the words of
Heritage Lecture Series to screen 1923 film of community pageant by Jamie Clarkson on August 14, 2020 share As Chautauqua Institution jitterbugged into the Roaring Twenties, Women’s Club President Anna Pennybacker was repulsed by the “vulgar amusements” of
Heritage Lecture Series to cover beginnings of the women’s suffrage movement by Jamie Clarkson on July 24, 2020 share On July 9, 1848, in Waterloo, New York, five women with no political influence had a simple tea party. Swegan
Heritage Lecture Series to present 1923 film marketing Chautauqua by Jamie Clarkson on July 17, 2020 share In the wake of a pandemic, American political turmoil and disturbed international relations, people turned to Chautauqua Institution — amidst an
Annual ‘5 Giants’ program to close Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series by Cloey Olkowski on August 23, 2019 share BOB AND CAROL REEDER Chautauquans give back to the Institution in different ways — whether it’s financially, spiritually, emotionally or
Historian Cathal Nolan to discuss war and Hollywood for Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series by David Geary on August 20, 2018 share Cathal J. Nolan is a scholar of war. His sweeping history of armed conflict, The Allure of Battle: A History
SUNY professor David Kaplin to discuss modern forgeries in Heritage Lecture Series by David Geary on August 2, 2018 share The term “fake news,” used to describe deliberate misinformation spread by mainstream print, broadcast and social media, is a relatively
Heritage Lecture Series explores Theodore Flood, the man who put Chautauqua on the map by David Geary on July 16, 2018 share Theodore Flood It’s been said that behind every successful enterprise there is a salesman. Founded in 1874 by the Methodist
Oliver Heritage Lecture Series kicks off with “Alice in Wonderland” bibliographer Jon A. Lindseth by David Geary on June 25, 2018 share A Bengali edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. A year after the 1865 publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the
Archivist Jon Schmitz to recount and debunk Chautauqua stories in Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series by David Geary on June 29, 2017 share “We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion famously observed in her essay “The White Album.” Chautauqua Institution
Focusing on Haitian works, poet-in-residence Georges to give AAHH lecture by Kaitlyn Finchler on August 1, 2023 share Georges Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Learning is a two-way street. Professionals can learn from their students, and vice versa. In the
8 years after Chautauqua lecture debut, award-winning jazz vocalist Salvant returns for evening Amp performance by Arden Ryan on July 25, 2023 share Arden Ryancontributing writer Cécile McLorin Salvant takes old songs and makes them new. Putting fresh and often humorous spins on
Campain Legal Center’s voting rights expert Lang to give Week 3’s AAHH lecture by webchq on July 11, 2023 share Lang Since Danielle Lang joined Campaign Legal Center in 2015, she’s had her work cut out for her. As senior
The African American Heritage Corner Week Five by webchq on July 26, 2022 share “… here we are ‘really and truly’ at Chautauqua. ... We imagine that we are unknown among these many thousands,
The African American Heritage Corner Week Two by webchq on July 25, 2022 share Close your eyes and imagine it is the summer of 1880 in Chautauqua, and excited visitors and community members flock
The African American Heritage Corner Week One by webchq on July 25, 2022 share Welcome to The African American Heritage Corner. Chautauqua Institution has been described as an American utopia. In Jeffrey Simpson’s 1999